Crypto is similar in some respects to flying money. Is it easier or harder to trace transaction flow with crypto? I'm guessing that it's the exchange to/from cash that causes vulnerability to law enforcement and establishes traceability. But if a crypto exchange recognizes fish bladders and chemical stocks as exchanged currencies, that risk would be reduced (leaving the visibility on a public blockchain as a problem).
The article they link has some more info on the mechanism.
http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Terms/feiqian.html
Ultimately crypto is trying to solve the same problem, keeping track of transactions on a ledger. Different cryptocurrencies have different levels of anonymity. Monero is probably more private than bitcoin (not an expert).
But yeah to me it seems like they could’ve written the same article and replaced flying money with crypto and it’s the same problem. Can’t share info with Chinese cops because of national security but if you ask me 81k dead per year (plus funding Mexican cartels) is a national security issue too.
Yup. I think it's a fundamentally unsolvable problem without huge government intrusion into people's lives. Prohibiting transactions with willing buyers and willing sellers is extremely difficult.
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Cash is good though
It is not that easy to move 100k in cash from say US to Iran.